Pocket-knife



(No Model.)

D. W. DAVIS.

POGKEI KNIFE. No. 455,610. Patented July 7, 1891.

WITNESSES: /Nl/E/VTOI? V ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID 'IV. DAVIS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

POCKET-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,610, dated July '7,1891.

. Application filed March 30, 1891. Serial No. 386.921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID W. DAVIS, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Pocket-Knives; and I do hereby declare the following to. be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in pocket-knives, the object of thesame being to provide a pen-knife'which will embody in a neat andcompact space a device which, while forming a complete andeffectiveknife, may be used as a fruit-knife, also as a nutpicker, and,in addition, prove effective as a device for cutting heavy wires.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in the certain featuresof construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribethand pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying, drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a top plan viewshowing a recess to receive the knifeblades.

A represents the handle, in one end of which are pivoted the blades B.

0 represents the wire-cutter, pivoted in the opposite end of the handle.The cutter at its pivoted end is provided with a cam and bears 7 usedfor various and obvious purposes.

against the spring D iii opening. and closing, wherebya positive motionis imparted thereto. V The cutterO is oval on top and concaved on itsunder side and is provided with a sharp cutting-edge, the end beingsharply curved, so as to provide against the possibility of the sameslipping when being placed under a Wire. The cutter is additionallyprovided with the pointed projections E, which may be The recesses F andG are to receive the blades and cutter, respectively.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved pocket knife herein described and shown, consistingof ahandle, a spring in the back of the same, blades B, pivoted in one endof the handle, and awire-cutter pivoted in the opposite end of thehandle and provided at its pivotal end with a cam bearing on the springD and having a convex outer edge and a concave inner cutting-edgeprovided with projections or-points E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereo I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

DAVID W. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE K. FRENCH, HARRY A. ORTI-L-

